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Photo: Image: jessegimbel
In 1962, firemen in the Pennsylvanian mining town of Centralia
successfully extinguished a minor blaze at a landfill dump – but little
did they know a layer of coal just below the surface had ignited,
creating a hidden and deadly inferno that raged undetected beneath the
town for almost twenty years.Photo: Image: mattcoz
The flames above the surface were eventually extinguished, but the
inferno below continued to rage for several years, fanned by the flow of
oxygen through disused mine shafts.
Locating a waste incineration site in an abandoned coal mine is never
a good idea – especially if you also fail to install the fire-resistant
clay barrier that prevents underlying layers of flammable anthracite
coal from setting alight. Five volunteer firemen in Centralia overlooked
this when they set fire to a landfill site in a mine pit, before
dumping more hot coal and ash on top. Photo: Image: jessegimbel
The subterranean fire gradually spread, enveloping the surrounding
coal fields, and locals were only alerted in 1979 when a gas-station
owner discovered the fuel in his underground tanks was an incredible
77.8° C (172° F). Shortly afterwards a 12 year old boy almost died when
the extreme heat forced open a 46m (150 ft) subsidence crack beneath
him.Photo: Image: sim
Today Centralia is a ghost town – its population evacuated in 1984
and its memory long since erased from the map. The state claimed eminent
domain over the town’s buildings in 1992, demolishing the majority of
them, and those that remain sit silently among the desolate open spaces
and smouldering vents that now dominate the area.Photo: Image: Joyey Jojo
And the fire still burns, engulfing an area of over 1.6km² (400
acres), with scientists estimating the presence of enough coal to feed
its flames for the next 250 years. The large amount of carbon monoxide
in the air and ground riven by extreme heat ensures residents won’t
return to Centralia for some time.Photo: Image: Lyndi & Jason
The lonely cemetery that sits atop the hilltop, gently smouldering,
marks not only the final resting place of those who long ago brought
mining to the area, but also the demise of a town that is destined to
remain silent for many decades to come. There will, however, always
remain hope that Centralia might some day return to its former glory –
that it might rise from the ashes.Photo: Image: mattzcoz
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